This document introduces the ASTRA project which aims to assess and illustrate the impacts of climate change in the Baltic Sea Region. The project was motivated by new developments in climate policy and research showing the need to downscale climate change impacts to the regional and local level. The objectives are to raise awareness of climate change impacts and adaptation issues and recommend adaptation policies and strategies. Case studies will be conducted in cities and regions in Finland, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Germany. Some early success stories include commitments from cities to use the project results for planning flood protection and considering impacts like sea level rise and ice movements.
Presentation from EPA Transboundary Research Workshop, Galway, 8th and 9th September 2010.
For more information, see http://www.epa.ie/whatwedo/climate/climatechangeresearch/transboundaryairpollution/
Presentation from EPA Transboundary Research Workshop, Galway, 8th and 9th September 2010.
For more information, see http://www.epa.ie/whatwedo/climate/climatechangeresearch/transboundaryairpollution/
Leading Transition From Strategy Development to DeploymentHuman Capital Media
The world’s best strategy is useless without employees mobilized to execute it. While there are hundreds of business books dedicated to how to develop a strategy, few explain its deployment and why 80 percent of new strategies fail to yield results. In this session, David Dart, vice president of human resources at Celanese Corp., will discuss key steps in transitioning a strategy from development to deployment and how the human resources function should lead this activity.
In this session, attendees will learn:
• The definition of an operating model and how it fits into strategy deployment.
• The key steps in developing an operating model for your organization.
• Methods of deploying an operating model effectively to ensure anticipated results are achieved.
Speaker: David Dart, Vice President, Human Resources – Specialized Materials, Celanese, Inc.
Leading Transition From Strategy Development to DeploymentHuman Capital Media
The world’s best strategy is useless without employees mobilized to execute it. While there are hundreds of business books dedicated to how to develop a strategy, few explain its deployment and why 80 percent of new strategies fail to yield results. In this session, David Dart, vice president of human resources at Celanese Corp., will discuss key steps in transitioning a strategy from development to deployment and how the human resources function should lead this activity.
In this session, attendees will learn:
• The definition of an operating model and how it fits into strategy deployment.
• The key steps in developing an operating model for your organization.
• Methods of deploying an operating model effectively to ensure anticipated results are achieved.
Speaker: David Dart, Vice President, Human Resources – Specialized Materials, Celanese, Inc.
A lo largo de estas jornadas, expertos nacionales e internacionales en el tema analizarán la situación actual, tendencias futuras y principales retos que plantean los esquemas de reducción de emisiones y los mercados de carbono como herramientas en la lucha contra el calentamiento global, especialmente después de la cumbre de Copenhague.
Este documento es el informe del proyecto PESETA.
Session 3 - Implementing SEA practice in Azerbaijan by Aysel BabayevaOECD Environment
Implementing SEA in practice: SEA of the National Strategy on the Use of Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources in Azerbaijan for the years 2015 – 2020, presentation by Aysel Babayeva, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, Azerbaijan
Presentació del projecte europeu CIRCLE 2 MOUNTain per Markus Leitneren el marc de l’acte de clausura del projecte europeu CIRCLE 2 MOUNTain co-organitzat per l'Oficina Catalana del Canvi Climàtic durant els dies 26 i 27 de setembre de 2013.
Long term predictability of local air quality hazardsigorezau
Significant multi-decadal predictability is already known for sea surface temperature anomalies in the North Atlantic
and Nordic Seas. Those anomalies have an impact on typical large-scale circulation patterns of the Atlantic-
European region. More specifically, it has been suggested that frequency and persistence of the atmospheric blockings
in this region is strongly affected by the wintertime anomalies in the ocean through a certain modifications
of the eddy pumping mechanisms and inverse enstrophy cascades. Our study reveals that the large-scale circulation
patterns are strongly correlated with wintertime air pollution episodes in Bergen, Norway. Certain large-scale
circulation regimes (e.g. the West Atlantic or Greenland blockings) lead to local air quality hazards. We assessed
these circulation regimes and their predictability. We modified and applied an atmospheric circulation proxy for
the identification of air pollution episodes. Use of this proxy on data from a high-resolution atmospheric general
circulation model showed a good reproduction of the total number of potentially polluted days per month and their
inter-monthly variability.We also found a link between the persistence of the flow above the Bergen valley and the
occurrence and severity of the local air pollution episodes. Analysis of the large-scale circulation over the North
Atlantic-European region, with respect to air pollution in Bergen, revealed that the persistence in the meteorological
conditions connected to the air pollution episodes is not necessarily caused by large-scale anomalies of the
atmospheric circulation over the Norwegian west coast. It is rather connected to anomalies further upstream as far
away as Greenland. Finally, we conduct a set of very high-resolution simulations with the large-eddy simulation
model PALM to identify the local circulations and boundary layer regimes corresponding to the typical large-scale
meteorological conditions connected to the air quality hazards in Bergen.
MyOcean scientists took part in this valuable COST initiative in particular for "Ocean reanalysis" cross-fertilization last 2-4 March 2015 in Liège, Belgium.
The main goals of the ESSEM COST Action ES1402 are to improve the coordination of the European efforts in the evaluation of ocean syntheses, to optimize their use and value, to ease their access, to promote their improvement and to raise confidence in their quality. Recommendations and guidelines will be provided on the evaluation, quality and applications of ocean syntheses to end users. These evaluations require cross-disciplinary meetings with experts in Earth Observation, ocean and atmosphere syntheses, air-sea flux measurements and modelling and physical oceanography. This Action will provide the optimal framework for integrating these communities.
Experience of the North Sea in the OSPAR Context (Verreet)Iwl Pcu
Gert Verreet
gert.verreet@ec.europa.eu
Currently Chairman of the
OSPAR Eutrophication Committee
European Commission DG Environment
Unit D.2 Protection of Water and Marine Environment
Contents
History of treatment of eutrophication in North Sea Conference and OSPAR (~ 1987 – 2006)
EU: WFD and nitrates directives
Concluding remarks
This presentation is to form part of the Refresher or Winter Training programmes for ALL referees throughout Canada. It brings us BACK to BASICS, establishes a starting position from which all referees are expected to operate and a platform for development. It will provide assessors with the ability to measure performance, identify strengths and training needs for education and development to grow for the support of referees at whatever level they operate. It is based upon the recommendations and Guidance issued by FIFA and as such the CSA expects that its officials will work within these guidelines rather than operate unilaterally.
Communicating Environmental Geoscience - Australian communication pathways.dliverman
Communicating Environmental Geoscience - Australian communication pathways.
Colin J. Simpson
Effectively communicating the role of geoscience in environmental, sustainable development, and/or sustainable resource management, issues is not a straightforward process. For example it requires different approaches depending on the audience being addressed. The different audiences can be broadly classed as: scientists, governments, and the general public. The communication process is often complicated further by the difficulty that geoscientists/scientists can have in identifying the appropriate communication pathways to use if their endeavours are to be successful. Such pathways are not generally taught or explained during the formal scientific education process and as a consequence it may require considerable experience for individuals to understand the processes involved. As an example of the types of understanding required this paper outlines the designated/established geoscience communication pathways that exist in Australia for communication of geoscience both internally and internationally. The IUGS Commission on Geoscience for Environmental Management (GEM) has an International Working Group on Communicating Environmental Geoscience (CEG) (www.mun.ca/canqua/ceg/). CEG is keen to assist in promoting better understanding of the various geoscience pathways to be followed in individual countries to achieve successful communication. It is hoped that this Australian example may stimulate geoscientists in other countries to record and publish (in simplified formats) the appropriate pathways required to be followed in their country.
Negative communication effects in a lead contaminated mining area in southeas...dliverman
Negative communication effects in a lead contaminated mining area in southeastern Brazil
Gabriela M. Di Giulio, Newton M. Pereira and Bernardino R. Figueiredo - University of Campinas (Brazil) - berna@ige.unicamp.br
Scientists and professionals who deal with environmental and public health issues recognize the importance of displaying the results of their research projects to the local population in an appropriate form, especially when they indicate risk situations. This process is known as risk communication and includes strategies to facilitate understanding of relevant data and their implications by the public. One important benefit of that strategy is promoting public involvement in decision processes to solve or attenuate risk situations.
In this context, risk communication has intensely been discussed in many countries where participation of the community in the risk management process was achieved as a consequence of correct information. Unfortunately, this subject has not been debated in Brazil, as it should be. On account of this, environmental and public health researchers continue to face difficulties to establish an appropriate dialogue with local communities.
The present study focuses on the actions adopted by scientists from the University of Campinas for disseminating their results on lead contamination and human exposure in the mining district of Adrian—polis, southeastern Brazil. At the first moment, several families received the assistance of health authorities and some environmental intervention actions were planed for the area. Notwithstanding, due to the media sensationalism about the case and the lack of efficient communication, Adrian—polis residents have suffered stigmatization for their health problems and this negative effect has been a determinant factor to become some of them unwilling to cooperate in future research. (On going research financially supported by FAPESP Grant 05/52239-0).
Improving environmental geoscience communication - a policy perspectivedliverman
Joy Jacqueline Pereira
Chair, IUGS Commission on Geoscience for Environmental Management (IUGS-GEM)
Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI)
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Malaysia
Email: joy@pkrisc.cc.ukm.my
The governance of environmental issues at international and regional levels, is conducted via an intricate web of agreements, treaties, conventions and institutions. Crucial environmental issues are addressed through global or regional policy instruments such as Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), which provide for actions and initiatives by countries that are parties to these agreements and share their objectives. Sovereign nations have various governance systems to manage environment and development within their borders. At the national level, many countries have institutionalised environmental policy. A range of policy instruments is employed at various levels and sectors, across spatial and non-spatial scales to improve environmental management. Such instruments may be legislative, regulatory, procedural, economic or voluntary in nature, or a combination, depending on its purpose and the level, sector or scale of operation.
Environmental geoscience provides expertise and tools to map physical resources as well as assess and monitor them for pollution and mismanagement in a systematic and integrated approach. In addition, environmental geoscience can also contribute to assess the vulnerability of society to catastrophic and insidious environmental hazards. The three dimensional spatial and temporal approach of environmental geoscience allows for an appreciation of the "big picture" where the environment is concerned. Thus, environmental geoscience has an important role to play in developing novel knowledge and approaches that can support various policy instruments to promote sustainable development.
To contribute effectively in the policy arena, environmental geoscience information should be communicated in the right form, at the right time to the proper channel for a specific purpose. In this regard, the role of the IUGS Commission on Geoscience for Environmental Management (IUGS-GEM) is to develop approaches and provide guidance to environmental geoscientists on how best to integrate environmental geoscience into policy and to communicate its importance to potential interest groups such as policy makers, politicians, environmental organizations, other science disciplines, and the general public.
David Bridge presentation, Communicating Environmental Geoscience workshop, ...dliverman
Environmental information for planners: use of the world wide web for decision support
David Bridge (British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG.)
Email: dmbr@bgs.ac.uk
The increased emphasis on Ôsustainable' development places greater responsibility on planning authorities to take a longer-term view of the likely impacts of decisions involving the environment. For example, the question of whether to allow development on floodplains must take account of the effect of global warming, which is predicted to give a rise in sea level of up to 0.88 m over the next 100 years placing at risk over 12 000 km2 of low-lying land.
To inform such decisions, the planning system requires tools that link relevant science with the practical requirements of determining planning policy.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
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